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Family rescued from wildfires in Maui thanks to iPhone’s Emergency SOS via Satellite (9to5mac.com)
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[–] infotainment@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You just know this is going to get mentioned at Tim Cook's next iPhone keynote.

[–] Heastes@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

For sure - they did the same thing for the Apple watch. Twice, actually.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRwkZWowI8o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOHj5kGU4fY

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[–] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is the satellite function free to use? I haven’t read into it and it’s super convenient for its use cases but also seems like it would cost a lot to maintain contracts and backend for the feature.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, it is free. But the only thing you can use it for is contacting emergency services.

[–] Custoslibera@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It’s free for 2 years.

Then you get the full Tim Apple treatment.

[–] Nogami@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

TLDR. There’s no pricing after 2 years yet.

Probably get 2 years with every phone purchase. I’d have no problem subscribing to it regardless.

I have a family and little kids. I’d never even consider not paying for a service like that if it could save our lives.